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The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They currently are the members of the Northern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The team has appeared in six Super Bowls is the only team in NFL playoff history to win a Super Bowl after being seeded sixth in the playoffs, winning three consecutive games on the road followed by a Super Bowl victory in Detroit on February 5, 2006. Initially named the Pittsburgh Pirates the team along with the Philadelphia Eagles and the now-defunct Cincinnati Reds football team, joined the NFL as 1933 expansion teams, after Art Rooney, Sr. paid a $2,500 fee. The team was renamed the Steelers in 1941 after the city's prominent steel industry to reflect the "blue-collar worker" ethic of the many Pittsburgh fans.

The Pittsburgh NFL team first took to the field on September 20, 1933. Pittsburgh made history in 1938 by signing Byron White, a future justice on the U.S. Supreme Court to what was at the time the biggest contract in NFL history. He played one year with the Pirates before signing with the Detroit Lions. The Steelers experienced player shortages during World War II. They twice merged with other NFL franchises in order to field a team. They merged with the Philadelphia Eagles forming the "Phil-Pitt Eagles" during the 1943 season and were known as the "Steagles". This team went 5-4-1. They merged with the Chicago Cardinals in 1944 and were known as "Card-Pitt" and derisively known as the "Car-Pitts" or "Carpets", as they finished the season winless.

The Steelers made the playoffs for the first time in 1947, tying for first place in the division at 8-4 with the Philadelphia Eagles. Their luck changed when they hired coach Chuck Noll. Noll's most remarkable talent was in his draft selections, taking Hall of Famers "Mean" Joe Greene in 1969, Terry Bradshaw and Mel Blount in 1970, Jack Ham in 1971, Franco Harris in 1972, and finally, in 1974. The best draft in Steelers history, pulled the incredible feat of selecting four Hall of Famers in one draft year, Mike Webster, Lynn Swann, John Stallworth and Jack Lambert.

The Steelers suffered a rash of injuries in the 1980 season and missed the playoffs with a 9-7 record. The 2006 Steelers were the first sixth-seeded playoff team to reach and win the Super Bowl since the NFL expanded to a 12-team post season tournament in 1990.The Steelers are the only NFL team that puts their logo on only one side of the helmet. The "Terrible Towel" is a gimmick created by Myron Cope, a broadcaster, for the Steelers. The Steelers completed the 2004 regular season with the best record in the NFL at 15-1.The Steelers are one of the few teams in the NFL that don't officially retire players' numbers.